Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

on-hyrian

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
on-hyrian, p. ede
Wright's OE grammar
§525;
To imitate, emulate (with dat. acc.)
Show examples

  • Hwílum ic onhyrge gúþfugles hleóþor,

    • Exon. Th. 406, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 25, 4: 391, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 9, 10
      • .

  • Mon onhyreþ dysegum neátum

    homo comparatus est jumentis insipientibus,

    • Ps. Th. 48, 11
      • .

  • Se ðe hit gehýreþ hé onhyreþ ðam

    ad imitandum bonum auditor sollicitus instigatur,

    • Bd. pref.
      • ;
    • S. 471, 15
      • ;
    • Bt. 41, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 254, 5
      • .

  • Ða cild onhyriaþ ealdum monnum,

    • 36, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 180, 10
      • .

  • Ðonne wé onhyrigaþ Criste,

    • Past. 51
      • ;
    • Swt. 397, 1
      • .

  • Ðæt hý ne onhyredon ðǽm yfelwillendum, Ps. Th. 36, arg. Ne onhyre ( emulatus fueris ) ðam ðe byþ orsorh,

    • 36, 7
      • .

  • Onhyriaþ,

    • 36, 1
      • .

  • Ne ðú ne onhere

    ne emuleris,

    • Kent. Gl. 58
      • .

  • Ne onherie

    ne emuletur,

    • 885
    .

  • Ðæt wé onhyrigen ðǽm þeáwum,

    • Past. 34
      • ;
    • Swt. 231, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 229, 15
      • .

  • Onhyrgean wé ðone blindan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 21, 9
      • .

  • Wé sceolan onherian Marian ðære ðe smerede Hǽlendes fét,

    • 75, 11
      • .

  • Onhyrian (-hirian, Cott. MS.),

    • Bt. 40, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 240, 4
      • ;
    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 477, 2
      • .

  • Ðæt onhyrian woldan,

    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 43
      • .

  • Heora líf onhyrian wolde,

    • 4, 13
      • ;
    • S. 582, 24: 5, 9
      • ;
    • S. 622, 12
      • .

  • Onhyrigean,

    • 1, 26
      • ;
    • S. 487, 32
      • .

  • Onhyrgan,

    • 3, 18
      • ;
    • S. 545, 43
      • .

  • Hé ðære frymþelícan cyrican líf wæs onhyrigende,

    • 1, 26
      • ;
    • S. 487, 28: 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 593, 15
      • .

  • Onhyrgende,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 8
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 228, 29
      • .
Linked entries
v.  an-hyrian hyrian on-herian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “on-hyrian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24640.

Checked: 2
Full form

Word-wheel

  • on-hyrian, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.